In addition to Canada, destinations outside of North America include the Singapore Science Center; Instituto S​angari of Sao Paulo, Brazil; and the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. The organizers of the exhibit, AMNH and SMM, expect more than seven million people to see the exhibit during its several-year run. Additional stops are being explored by the exhibit's organizers, as well.

The exhibit, which focuses on all sources of water, features live animals, hands-on exhibits, and immersive dioramas.

The groundwater portion of the exhibit features "Porous Stones," an exhibit component intended to help dispel the common misperception that groundwater occurs largely as underground lakes, rivers, and "veins" of water. Visitors are encouraged to trickle water onto various rock samples to observe that some have sufficient porosity and permeability to permit water to enter and flow through them.

Also featured is a component that shows what may happen when two wells access the same aquifer. When water is pumped from one of the wells (by turning a hand crank), the pressure in the aquifer drops as a cone of depression spreads out until it reaches the recharge area of the aquifer, the discharge area, or both.

A third groundwater component is featured in the three-dimensional GeoWall animation. It shows how groundwater underneath Tucson, Arizona, has fluctuated during the past several decades in response to groundwater pumping and recharge.

"It is important for the groundwater story to be told as often and as widely as possible," said then-Foundation Board Chairman John "Jack" W. Henrich, MGWC, CVCLD, at the start of this project. "We're delighted to be able to be a part of this comprehensive exhibit.

"Efforts that contribute to greater public understanding of the drinking water resource of half of the nation’s population will contribute to better stewardship of the resource," added Henrich.

"At less than two cents per visitor, we can’t find a more cost-effective means of reaching the general public with these important messages," Kevin McCray, CAE, NGWA Foundationexecutive director, explains.